Card index



R. C. RUSSELL CARD INDEX Filed Nov. 14

Dec. 25, 1923.

Immag- Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

UNITED STATES ROBERT C. RUSSELL, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARD INDEX.

Application led 4November 14. 1922. Serial No. 600,329.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card Indexes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it appertains to make and use the same.

' This invention relates to improvements in card indexes of the visible type,-objects of the invention being to provide a simple onepiece construction of combined card and support which may be made to interlock or intermesh with like combined devices in a holder and prevent removal of such combinedl devices collectively, but to permit them to be removed or inserted singly,-

the construction being such that the combined devices may be moved singly or collectively in the holder and be guided in ways afforded by the latter without necessity for providing said combined devices with tongues projecting laterally beyond the side edges of the cars or their supports, thus permitting the use of a narrow holder for the combined devices, and to so construct said combined devices that they may when assembled overlie the guide-anges of a holder and thus be made a width approximately equal to that of the holder.l

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a face view illustrating a card Y index embodying my improvements.

Figure 2 is a view of a blank from which the combinedy card and card support may be made.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing one of the combined devices.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the back of one of the combined devices.

Figure 5 is a view in section on the line Y 5 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view in section on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a view in section on the line 7-7 of Figure 4, and

Figure 8 is a view of a modication.

In Figure 1 of the drawin I have shown the holder 1 for cards, sai holder being preferably made of sheet metal and provided at its side edges with flanges 2 forming guideways for tongues integral with card supports as hereinafter explained.

The holder' l receives a plurality of overlying cards and their supports and each such combined device may be made of cardboard or similar material.

In the combined device represented by the blank, Figure 2, the portion 3 constitutes an index card while the portion 4 provides a support for said cardl andmeans for mounting the same on a holder 1. The blank shown in Figure 2 is provided with score or folding lines 4-5 and centrally between the side edges of the device the strip 6 formed; between the lines 4 and 5 is cut to provide a tongue 7. The upper portion of the blank shown in Figure 2 is slotted as at 88 to form tongues 9-9 and these tongues are made short so as to terminate inwardly of the side edges of the remaining portion of the device including the card member 3. The upper portion of the blank will be folded on the line 5 andv cemented or otherwise secured to the back of part 6 and the score or folding line 4 will provide a hinge connection between the card member 3 and its support 4. The tongue 7 is so cut from the material that when the device shall have been folded in the manner above explained, a slot or opening l() will be formed and when the device shall havebeen folded, the portion of the support member which carries the tongues 9 will be disposed behind the card member 3 and may be readily inserted in the guide-ways formed by the flanges 2 of the holder. It will be observed that whenn other and the several combined devices will therefore be interlocked a-nd may be moved either singly or collectively to expose the index card which the user may desire to eX- amine or make an entry upon.

The construction shown in Figure 8 is similar to that shown in the other views, ex-

cept that the tongue 7 and slot 10 are omitted.

ltongues terminating inwardly of the side edges of said device and adapted to enter the guide-ways of the holder.

2. In a card index, the combination. with a holder having guide-ways, o combined deA vices each comprising in a single piece, an index card member and a support member therefor having hinge connection with the card member, said support member having tongues terminating inwardly of the side edges of the device and adapted to enter the guide-ways of the holder.

3. In a card index, the Vcombinationwith a holder having side flanges forming guideways, of a plurality of combined index de vices, each comprising a card member and a support member, the card member having hinge connection with the support member,

each combined vdevice having a central tongue and a slot adjacent thereto and laterally projecting tongues terminating inwardly of the side edges of the device, said combined device being foldable on two lines to dispose the first mentioned tongue upwardly and the portion of the sup-V lROBERT c. EUssELL.

Witnesses:

ROBERT ALEXANDER Donne, BELLE VILHELM.V 

